The purpose of this study is to collect information about how often an abnormal heart beat happens in children who have been burned.
The investigators hope to learn the following: * If heart arrhythmias are more common in children with a large burn injury than in children with a small burn injury. * The difference in development of a heart arrhythmia after a large burn injury by comparing information from children with large burns who do and do not develop a heart arrhythmia. * A better understanding of the length of a hospital stay, the number of operations, and the number of care complications in patients with heart arrhythmias after a burn injury.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
A baseline Echocardiogram test (ECHO) will be done one week from admission and monthly (+/- 1 week) or as ordered by a cardiologist.
Shriners Hospitals for Children
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Frequency of cardiac dysfunction in pediatric burn patients
Results of echocardiograms will be compared between patients with cardiac dysfunction versus those without cardiac dysfunction.
Time frame: Through study completion up to 4 years after hospital discharge.
Acute care hospital length of stay
Hospital length of stay (admission date to discharge date) will be compared between participants with cardiac dysfunction versus participants without cardiac dysfunction.
Time frame: Hospital admission to discharge (average of 1 day per %TBSA burn - example 30 days for a 30% TBSA burn injury).
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